Movie Details
Original Language:English
The Kindness of Strangers
StarringAndré Previn
DirectorTony Palmer
1 hr 30 minDocumentary
Plot
The life of composer conductor pianist and Oscarwinner Andre Previn filmed during a year which culminated in the world premiere of his first opera A Streetcar Named Desire in San Francisco Wherever he went the camera followed To Tokyo for a concert with Kiri Te Kanawa To Philadelphia for a teaching session in the Curtis Institute To Tanglewood for an incredible jazz improvisation recording of Gershwin Variations To New York to play with the Ray Brown Trio at the Blue Note Club To Vienna with the Vienna Philharmonic To Washington DC for a concert with the Emerson Quartet To Boston for a conductors masterclass with among others Daniel Harding And of course the rehearsals and first performance of Streetcar with the incomparable Renee Fleming and director Colin Graham
